While most golf companies use 3D printing to test prototypes, Cobra has been using the technology to create innovative retail products. Cobra has been a pioneer in using 3D printing technology with its Limit3D irons a few years ago and its current 3DP Tour irons, which are available now. The 3DP Tour irons have been used on tour but have also been a large retail success for us regular players.

Cobra has been diligently working on giving even more golfers the ability to experience how 3D printing can help improve their iron game

“We’re excited to offer these two new innovative iron models that build on the tremendous success of our 3DP Tour irons,” said Ryan Roach, Director of Innovation at Cobra Puma Golf. “With the addition of the MB and X, we now have a 3D-printed model that can fit the vast majority of players, allowing just about any golfer to benefit from the performance advantages of 3D printing technology.”

Cobra’s 3DP Tour is a smaller iron built for more aspiring golfers, but it isn’t a one-size-fits-all option. So Cobra’s engineers went to work on a smaller and larger option in order to fit everyone. Both models are built using the same 3D printing technology that the 3DP Tour irons use. This means that each iron is somewhat hollow inside to allow more mass to be placed low in the heel and toe.

We are pretty familiar with hollow body irons now, but these are done differently because there is no foam or rubber inside, but they aren’t just empty either. As the heads are printed, they have an internal lattice structure to help maintain their shape as the printer builds them up. Now, Cobra has also used machine learning to ensure that the internal lattice structure helps create great face performance, sound, and feel. There are two cavities printed into the toe and heel where Cobra installs heavy tungsten weights for added stability in the heads.

Cobra 3DP MB

If you are looking, like a lot of us are, for a muscle back blade that offers substantial playability, then Cobra’s 3DP MB could be the iron for you. When you hold it in your hands, the club head is small and compact with a thin topline and minimal offset.

If there were no badging, I don’t think you would know it wasn’t the current King MB irons from just looks. But hiding inside the small form is an internal lattice just like the 3DP Tour irons that allows Cobra engineers to increase the MOI on the iron. There are also twin tungsten weights low in the heel and toe of the irons to push mass farther from the center of the club head, making them more stable on mishits. The lattice structure printed inside the head also enhances the sound and feel, making it soft and responsive like a true MB iron.

Cobra 3DP X

There are a lot of golfers who tried the 3DP Tour irons last year but wanted more forgiveness and distance out of the iron. Cobra added the 3DP X irons to give golfers who want maximum forgiveness and stability with the massive amount of discretionary weight moved away from the center.

With the 3DP X irons, Cobra added large tungsten weights to the toe and the hosel to give it the best MOI of any iron they have ever made. The 3DP X iron is the most forgiving iron that Cobra has ever made. The placement of the tungsten weights also helps with making the 3DP X irons easy to launch for added height, carry, and stopping power.

These irons have an internal lattice structure, but it works with a thinner face to create more ball speed and widen the sweet spot on each iron in the set. Now feel is still an essential part of the design, and the 3DP X is printed as a single piece, so they don’t have a similar hollow body sound; they are closer to a single piece forged iron.

Cobra 3DP MB

• Available 4-PW 
• 3 Iron & GW through custom
• KBS $-Taper 110
• $330 Per Iron ($2,310 4-PW)

Cobra 3DP X

• Available 4-PW 
• GW through custom
• KBS Tour Lite
• $330 Per Iron ($2,310 4-PW)